RETINOIC ACID-INDUCIBLE;
NON-AUG INITIATOR CODON;
SPECIFIC EXPRESSION;
DEVELOPMENT;
D O I:
10.1073/pnas.89.7.2718
中图分类号:
O [数理科学和化学];
P [天文学、地球科学];
Q [生物科学];
N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号:
07 ;
0710 ;
09 ;
摘要:
An isoform of retinoic acid receptor beta, RAR-beta-4, has been identified. RAR-beta-4 is expressed under the control of the same retinoic acid-responsive promoter as RAR-beta-2. RAR-beta-4, which is generated by alternative splicing from the same primary transcripts as RAR-beta-2, is initiated by a non-AUG codon, CUG. The amino acid sequence of RAR-beta-4 in regions B-F is identical to that of the other RAR-beta isoforms beta-1, beta-2, and beta-3. However, the RAR-beta-4 A region is much shorter (4 amino acids long) than those of these isoforms. RAR-beta-4 exhibits a tissue-specific pattern of expression and distinct transcriptional activation properties when compared with the other RAR-beta isoforms.